RE: RMAN in NOCATALOG mode?

It's so much easier to include an "sql "alter database backup controlfile to <filename>";
in the rman script.
Backup the Database first.
Then backup the archive logs.
Then backup the controlfile.

Hemant

At 06:54 AM 18-09-03 -0800, you wrote:
>Denham
> Whether you need to back up the control file depends on whether you can
>recover the database without it. On Oracle8i, I gave up trying to extract
>the controlfile from the RMAN backup, and simply back the controlfile up
>after the backup completes. Others on this list have reported they were able
>to extract the controlfile from the RMAN backup. I believe that on Oracle9i
>this is much improved. The important thing is that you validate your backup
>regularly because an untested backup can't be trusted.
>
>Dennis Williams
>DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
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>Hello
>
>Wondering about this. If backing up the database with RMAN in NOCATALOG
>mode.
>When would be the best time to do backup of the controlfile? Before backup /
>after backup /before and after backup.
>Does this aid your recovery from a crash? What advantage would it have?
>
>Many Thanks
>Regards
>Denham Eva
>Oracle DBA
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